Ayatollah Khamenei had been Iran's Supreme Leader since 1989, succeeding Ayatollah Khomeini.
Iranian state media also confirmed the martyrdom of Supreme Leader Khamenei's daughter and granddaughter in the Israeli and US attacks. Iranian state media reported that Ayatollah Khamenei's son-in-law and daughter-in-law were also martyred in the attacks.
Earlier, Israeli media had said that the Iranian Supreme Leader was in an underground bunker with his associates, when 30 bombs were dropped on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound. The Iranian Supreme Leader was killed along with dozens of his associates.
Israeli media said that the US president was shown a picture of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's body.
Meanwhile, British media also quoted Israeli officials as saying that Khamenei's body had been found.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu also said in his video statement that there were indications that Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei was no longer alive.
He said that the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps had also been killed, Khamenei's compound was destroyed, and senior nuclear officials were also killed, and thousands of more targets would be targeted in the coming days.
Netanyahu said that the operation against Iran would continue as long as necessary.
It should be noted that the US and Israel carried out naval and air strikes on Iran yesterday, in which 201 Iranian citizens were martyred and 747 were injured.
According to the news agency, Iranian Defense Minister Amir Nasserzadeh and the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mohammad Pakpour, were martyred in the attacks.
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